Introduction -- Alencon : 1873-1877 -- At Les Buissonnets : 1877-1881 -- Sorrowful years : 1881-1883 -- First communion boarding school : 1883-1886 --The grace of Christmas : 1886-1887 -- The trip to Rome : 1887 -- First years at Carmel : 1888-1890 -- From profession to the offering of love : 1890-1895 -- My vocation, love : 1896 -- The test of faith : 1896-1897 -- Those whom you have given me : 1896-1897.